Building adaptive capacity to cope with increasing vulnerability due to climatic change in Africa - A new approach

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 780-787

  Twomlow, Steve ^a   Mugabe, Francis T ^b   Mwale, Moses ^c   Delve, Robert ^d   Nanja, Durton ^e   Carberry, Peter ^f   Howden, Mark ^f  

^a Matopos Research Station Bulawayo   (Zimbabwe)

^b MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^c Mt Makulu Central Research Station   (Zambia)

^d TSBF CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

^e Zambian Meteorological Department   (Zambia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Coping strategies; Drought

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DROUGHT; ECONOMICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RURAL AREAS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CHANGE AGENTS; CLIMATE-VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CHANGE; COPING STRATEGIES; CURRENT PRODUCTION; DECISION-MAKERS; DRY SPELLS; ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE THREATS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; NEW APPROACHES; SEASONAL RAINFALL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RAINFALL; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AFRICA;

EID: 49049089149     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.048     Document Type: Article

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